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Detroit-based TechTown has hired Paul Riser Jr. as managing director of technology-based entrepreneurship. He replaces Charlie Moret, who left the Wayne State University-affiliated incubator in April to become president and CEO of Invest Michigan, a new nonprofit that manages the $6.8 million Michigan Pre-Seed Capital Fund 2.0.

Riser, a Detroit native and graduate of Cass Technical High School, has 17 years of experience in technology. He was a project manager for Sun Microsystems Inc. before founding his own consulting firm, Riser Group LLC, in Northville in 2002.

Most recently, he was chief technology officer at Innovative HealthTechnologies LLC, a Detroit-based biotech startup. He is also co-owner of Ferndale-based BLAC magazine (black life, arts and culture). Riser begins his new job June 16.

Riser's father, Paul Riser Sr., was a trombonist in the legendary Funk Brothers, studio musicians who played on many Motown hits of the '60s and '70s. He also wrote or arranged on such Motown hits as "My Girl," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Stop in the Name of Love."